Saint Augustine once wrote, 'For when we ask whether someone is a good man, we are not asking what he believes, or hopes, but what he loves.’ This lecture explores the primacy of love in the Christian life by encouraging the cultivation of a love for God which deepens our enjoyment of God’s good gifts.
A lecture given by Phillip Johnston (L'Abri Worker) at English L'Abri on 4 August, 2017. For more information, visit
labri.org/england and for more L'Abri lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library.
For further reading:
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit (James K.A. Smith)
Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Sceptical (Tim Keller), particularly the fourth chapter, ‘A Satisfaction That is Not Based on Circumstances’
The Confessions (St. Augustine)
’The Making of Modernity’ (Andrew Fellows), available at the L'Abri Ideas Library
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